WO2009103843A2 - Method and device for detection of an analyte - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method, device and kit for analysing a sample using a fabric for determining the presence or amount in the sample of an analyte, particularly a carbohydrate, more particularly sugar.
- Ambient hygiene receives increasing attention in laboratories, doctors' receptions, at home, in public facilities and industrial production plants.
- the trend is towards developing methods with which the person using or cleaning a space can quickly ensure its hygiene.
- Such methods should be extremely simple, user-friendly, rapid and inexpensive.
- Hygiene can be ensured by determining the presence of microbes, such as bacterial concentrations or substances promoting bacterial growth, on the surfaces. Analysing microbes from surfaces using current methods is slow and requires professional expertise. An analysis of substances - e.g., sugars and proteins - facilitating microbial e.g. bacterial or fungi growth indicates the cleanliness of surfaces with almost comparable reliability.
- microbes such as bacterial concentrations or substances promoting bacterial growth
- Methods based on the reduction of copper include Fehling's reagents, arsenomolybdate and the BCA (bicinchoninic acid) assay.
- Other methods applicable to sugar determination include the iron cyanide and DNS (dinitrosalicylic acid) methods, methods based on acetal formation, the anthrone method, indication methods including phenazine group, Schiff's reagent and tetrazolium blue, as well as boronic sensors based on circular dichroism, photoabsorption and fluoresence.
- Other methods applicable to determining sugars include enzymatic methods such as glucose-oxidase/perodixase and hexokinase, and luminescence methods including bioluminescence and chemiluminescence.
- Janus Green B is used to indicate sugars.
- the patent demonstrates that reducing sugars are capable of reducing Janus Green B in sufficiently high concentrations, in the order of 10 g/l, in basic conditions, in which case Janus Green B changes from blue to grey.
- the colour change is not optimal since this reaction - a change from blue to grey - makes it very difficult to determine the result of the test with concentrations close to the detection limit.
- Indicator methods involve a simple reagent composition, which reduces the required volume of reagents to be printed onto the fabric. With sufficiently high sugar concentrations, changes in indicator colour can also be observed even at room temperature. The drawback is that only sugars with high reduction power, e.g. fructose, can be detected. There is also a lack of commercially available indicators.
- Enzymatic and luminescence-based methods are sensitive and quick.
- the drawbacks associated with some enzymes include their cost and their unstable characteristics.
- the specific action of enzymes i.e. they act only on particular sugars precludes the use of such enzymes in rapid tests, which should be able to indicate a total level of all or almost all carbohydrates.
- Luminescence-based methods are viable only in connection with sugar- modifying enzymes and thus share the same problems as enzymatic methods.
- the iron cyanide method is not suitable for quick analysis of sugars since in an acidic environment cyanide is released as hydrogen cyanide, a highly toxic substance.
- Some methods may not work at room temperature (e.g., the DNS method or Janus Green B), or they may have poor stability (e.g., enzyme- requiring methods, Schiff's reagent and acetal-forming reagents).
- Several methods also require highly acidic or alkaline conditions.
- the present invention provides a method of determining the presence or amount of an analyte in a sample, said method comprising: applying the sample to a fabric; chemically modifying said analyte if present in the sample; detecting the presence or amount of said chemically-modified analyte.
- the means for chemically modifying the analyte e.g. the reagent(s) are present on the fabric before the sample is applied to the fabric.
- the reagents are printed on or otherwise placed on, absorbed onto or attached to the fabric.
- the method further comprises inactivating an agent which interferes with the detection of chemically-modified analyte.
- the chemical modification and inactivation of interfering agent are carried out before detecting the chemically-modified analyte.
- any sample or interfering product e.g. agent, reagent, composition or substance present in the sample, assay reagent applied to the fabric or formed during the assay procedure may be subject to inactivation for example by neutralization or by preventing its movement by precipitation.
- the means for inactivating the interfering agent is present on the fabric before the sample is applied to the fabric. These means are preferably printed on otherwise placed on, adsorbed onto or attached to the fabric.
- both the means for chemically modifying the analyte and the means for inactivating the interfering agent are present on the fabric before the sample is applied to the fabric.
- the present invention also provides a test device suitable for carrying out the method, which device comprises a fabric carrying a means for chemically- modifying analyte, a means for detecting chemically-modified analyte agent and optionally a means for inactivating an interfering agent.
- said means are applied or printed serially e.g. as regions, zones or sections preferably such that when the device is used sample is able to travel through the regions in a sequential order.
- the present invention further provides a kit for determination of the presence or amount of analyte in a sample, said kit comprising a test device comprising: fabric material; and means for modification of analyte by chemical modifying agents; and means for inactivation of interfering reagents; and means for detecting chemically-modified analyte.
- the present invention relates to a roll-to-roll printing method, wherein the reagents and said means are printed sequentially on specified areas on a fabric.
- the analyte is a carbohydrate.
- the carbohydrate is a sugar.
- the sugar comprises fructose, dextrine, lactose, maltose and/or sucrose.
- the present invention provides a method of determining sugar in a sample comprising a non-enzymatic method performed at room temperature by applying said sample to a fabric.
- Figure 2 Specific example of a fabric suitable for a sugar test showing reagents present in different fabric regions.
- This invention relates to a method, device and kit for analysing a sample in such a manner that the analyte in the sample can be chemically remolded or modified and optionally interfering reagents or agents and/or products formed during the assay can be inactivated during the assay.
- the method is broadly applicable to the measurement of an analyte which is stable or otherwise difficult to measure in the form in which it is found in a sample.
- the method of the present invention is particularly suitable for determining the presence of carbohydrates, particularly sugars, in a sample.
- the invention relates to the detection of sugars in the sample using a moisture- absorbing fabric method. The method may be carried out without increasing the reaction temperature.
- the present invention also relates to a fabric-containing device for use in the method. In manufacturing the device, chemicals used in the assay may be transferred onto the fabric using conventional printing methods. A suitable method of manufacture is disclosed in detail in WO 2006/122733 incorporated herein by reference. Lamination of the fabric between plastic membranes allows the liquid to move rapidly along the fabric.
- the manufacturing procedure is distinct from the procedure disclosed in WO 2006/122733 by being more complicated and challenging due to clearly distinct areas to which the remolding agent(s), inactivating agent(s) and typical assay reagents are applied.
- the method and device of the present invention are applicable as a rapid test.
- the basic requirements for a rapid test are simplicity, sensitivity, specificity, safety, ease of use, disposability and suitability for industrial production with printing methods.
- the test of the present invention may be applied to any suitable analyte, for convenience the following description will discuss in detail the embodiment in which the analyte is a carbohydrate.
- the test of the present invention may be used to determine carbohydrates, particularly sugars, such as fructose (fruit sugar), dextrin, lactose (milk sugar), maltose (malt sugar), and sucrose (granulated sugar) preferably using a visual colour change.
- fructose is the easiest to determine whereas sucrose and starch are the most difficult.
- sucrose and starch are the most difficult to determine since they have a much lower reducing power than the other above-mentioned sugars.
- the present invention is able to detect the presence of 150 ⁇ g sugars, including the presence of neutral sugars such as sucrose.
- the present invention is able to indicate the presence of carbohydrates, particularly sugars, to a sensitivity such that the detection limit is 1g/l. This corresponds to an ability to detect 500 ⁇ g of sugars in a 500 ⁇ l sample taken from a 10x1 Ocm 2 surface.
- the detection limit for sugars (using the same units) is preferably 0.5g/l, (250 ⁇ g) more preferably 0.2g/l (100 ⁇ g), 0.1g/l (50 ⁇ g), 0.05 g/l (25 ⁇ g), 0.02g/l (10 ⁇ g) or 0.01 g/l (5 ⁇ g).
- the present invention enables a simple and low-cost device for determining hygiene in e.g. hospitals, doctor's offices, laboratories, food industry, dairies, bakeries, breweries and beverage industry.
- a “carbohydrate” is a chemical compound which contains carbon, oxygen and hydrogen. It is preferably a sugar.
- a “sugar” is a water-soluble mono-saccharide, oligo saccharide or poly saccharide.
- a serial reaction on a fabric may be used to carry out the method of the invention. Briefly, the sample is introduced to the fabric to react with desired chemicals in a specific predetermined order.
- the sample is typically introduced to the fabric by wiping the fabric over a surface to be tested.
- the fabric may be placed on a surface to be tested or a liquid sample may be removed from a test area and introduced into the fabric using e.g. a pipette or similar transferring means.
- the surface and/or the fabric may be treated before they are brought into contact.
- one of them (preferably the surface) may be wetted with an aqueous solution to assist in providing a fluidic sample.
- the aqueous solution may be applied as e.g. a spray or wash. This is particularly desirable if the surface to be tested is dry or does not itself carry sufficient moisture to create an adequate fluid sample.
- the aqueous solution is typically water or a solution comprising materials beneficial in the carrying out of the assay, e.g. a buffer.
- a buffer should not contain compounds which interfere with the chemistry used to modify the analyte or to detect the modified analyte.
- the chemical modification is typically an oxidation and the detection step typically involves the use of metal complexes whose colour is a visible indication of a positive result.
- interfering reagents which should preferably be absent from the aqueous solution comprise but are not limited to iodates and phosphates which form complexes with copper, and boric acid and borates which form complexes with carbohydrates interfering with the oxidation.
- Buffer solutions can contain primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols although di, tri etc. polyalcohols are not preferred.
- the aqueous solution can also contain iodine and stabilizers, such as Kl, for the detection of starch or other polysaccharides whose movement in the test device may be more limited due to the chromatographic separation.
- Suitable aqueous solutions are buffers which are prepared according to ACS or ProAnalysis grade.
- the aqueous solution should also have a low content of metal cation impurities. Preferably it has not more than 0.002% or not more than 0.001% Fe. Preferably it has not more than 10ppm, or not more than
- the content of metal cation impurities of the aqueous solution is as low as possible.
- the first step is to chemically modify the carbohydrate.
- the carbohydrate is a sugar it is preferably remolded or modified in a manner which enables determination at room temperature.
- the sugars are made more reactive by opening the ether linkage in the sugar ring structure and between monomers, followed by an oxidizing process, wherein the number of aldehyde groups is increased.
- the means for chemically modifying the carbohydrate may be a reagent, for example, periodic acid or a periodate salt such as sodium periodate or another type of chemical compound such as a cerium(IV) salt.
- Such a chemical modifying means is preferably an oxidizing agent with sufficient oxidation potential to cleave the carbohydrate chain between two hydroxyl groups, and is preferably colorless.
- dicarboxylic acid for example glucoronic acid
- sample and modifying or remolding means should meet, preferably interfering agents should be inactivated and only desired compositions or substances should move further in the fabric material.
- interfering agent is a substance which, if present when the chemically- modified analyte is detected, would interfere with the detection of the chemically-modified analyte.
- the interfering agent may be present in the sample originally, it may be superfluous reagent from the chemical modification of the analyte or it may exist as a result of the reaction to chemically modify the analyte e.g. a product or by-product of the reaction.
- interfering agents include iodates and phosphates which form complexes with copper as well as boric acid and borates which tends to form complexes with carbohydrates interfering with the oxidation of a carbohydrate.
- reducing agents such as metal cations are capable of reducing copper thus leading to a colored reaction without sugar.
- An interfering agent may be inactivated either in the same region of the fabric as the chemical modification takes place or in a subsequent region of the fabric through which the sample comprising the chemically-modified analyte passes. Preferably the inactivation takes place in a subsequent region. The inactivation takes place before the chemically-modified analyte is detected.
- the chemically-modified analyte is then detected.
- the detection is preferably carried out using a BCA assay.
- a BCA method Cu 2+ oxidizes sugar under alkaline boiling. Tartratic acid is used as a complexer for Cu 2+ preventing the formation of copper hydroxide precipitation. During this process Cu 2+ is reduced to Cu + which reacts with bicinchoninic acid and forms a coloured complex which formation is attributed to the existence of sugar.
- BCA method uses incubation, even minute amounts of reduced copper are detectable as a BCA complex, and the reagents used may be brought to solidify into stable compounds on the fabric.
- the fabric is preferably a synthetic fabric as fabrics based on e.g. natural cellulose and viscose tend to produce false positives when used to detect a carbohydrate.
- Synthetic fabrics which may be used include but are not limited to cellulose-and viscose-free fabrics, polyester fabrics, poly ethane, polyamide fabrics, polypropylene fabrics, polyvinylchloride fabrics and their combinations.
- the fabric is a polyester fabric.
- fabric is used in the present disclosure and defined to include any material such as that as which is capable to absorb a fluidic sample and transport or carry said sample by capillary action.
- a commonly used term is
- matrix which is a material with corresponding features.
- modify is used and defined to mean also remolding.
- region is used and defined to mean also “zone”, “phase”, “area”,
- section e.g. a multi-step test.
- wiping is used and defined to mean also “sweeping”. During wiping the fabric absorbs fluid from surface.
- product is used and defined to mean any agent, reagent, composition or substance.
- the BCA method is applied to function on a fabric.
- a chemical in liquid form is printed on the fabric where it dries.
- the chemical does neither move along the fabric nor is diluted via evaporation and its stability improves compared with its stability in the liquid form.
- the quick diagnostic test of the present invention enables detection of sugars on surfaces based on a reaction causing a colour change which eliminates the deficiencies described as problems associated with the above-mentioned tests.
- the test device of the present invention is disposable and may be manufactured using a roll-to-roll printing method, which keeps the cost low. Carrying out the test is easy and does not require special training. Furthermore, the chemicals included are safe for everyday use.
- the reagents used in the studied methods were transferred to the fabric by printing, which in addition to cost effective manufacturing of the test device also ensures homogenous reagent concentrations throughout the print area.
- the most common roll-to-roll printing methods include relief printing, gravure printing, offset printing and serigraphy, as well as ink-jet in some applications.
- Gavure printing is preferred as the printing method for this invention. However, it will be clear to those skilled in the art that other printing methods may also be used with slight modifications. Gavure printing is preferred because of the simple mechanics of ink transfer, which allows the use of inks with significantly different rheological properties, and the good chemical transfer and chemical resistance properties of the method. In the examples printing was done with a table-top test printing press.
- Testing the moisture-absorbing fabric involved applying a sugar containing liquid sample to a clean surface in sufficient amounts. The edge of the fabric was held in contact with the sample until the sample liquid reached the indication area.
- Sugar sample is mixed with 1 ml mixture of A and B solution. This sugar containing mixture is kept for 15 minutes in 100 0 C heating block. After cooling to room temperature, about 20 minutes, absorption is recorded at 560 nm.
- Detection limit for reducing monosaccharides is about 5 nmol.
- glucose 5 nmol is about 0.9 ⁇ g.
- a and B solutions are mixed in proportion to 50:1 daily.
- Sample solution and mixture of A and B solution are mixed in proportion to 1 :20 respectively. Mixture is incubated if time limit for determination is narrow or only minute amounts of protein persist.
- the absorbance was measured using a spectrophotometer. Same absorbance reading is achieved when different time and incubating temperatures are used. This is presented in table 3.2.
- Interference blank correction is similar to “water blank correction", but blank also comprises the same amount of interfering agent(s) as in sample. Accordingly, absorption caused by interfering agent, contamination, reagents, lab ware etc. can be subtracted from sample.
- compositions of the BCA reagents used in experiments according to Smith protocol are listed in Table 3.1.
- test tube methods reagents were mixed in the ratio 50A:1B, besides which the sample was incubated.
- the BCA method was developed further with the aim of creating the optimal conditions of the test tube method on the fabric. Since biological fabric was shown to be unsuitable due to positive result in the negative control reaction polyester fabric was chosen as the substrate since it is free of the reducing groups that caused the false control reaction.
- the oxidizing power of copper plays a role in the BCA method.
- test tube method sugar, sodium periodate and the BCA reagents listed in Table 3.1 were added to a test tube in given order.
- the sugar-containing test tubes changed colour at room temperature within five minutes but the zero reaction (negative control) occurred five minutes later.
- the test demonstrated a significant progress since the BCA method was now functional at room temperature and even neutral sugars caused a colour change.
- the zero reaction was attributed to the sodium tartrate contained in the BCA reagent.
- sodium periodate can be used to enhance the sensitivity of the test but sodium periodate also interferes with the method so that the sugar-induced colour change may only be observed in fabric after 30-40 minutes. Therefore, methods to neutralize and/or inactivate sodium periodate after the remolding or modifying of sugar was needed.
- the above-described method caused a colour change with sucrose and the zero sample (negative control) changed colour 24 minutes later in a test tube method test.
- the reactivity of sugars may be increased in a multi-step process and the reagents interfering with their determination may be inactivated, prior to indication of analyte in sample.
- the chemicals were printed on fabrics that were then cut into strips. The strips were placed side by side, forming a structure similar to a continuous fabric, and laminated between plastic membranes. The initial choice fell on cellulose acetate plastic; however, its hydrophilic nature made the liquid move at the plastic-fabric interface. The problem was resolved by using hydrophobic plastic, which retained the sample liquid in the fabric.
- Figure 1 depicts an example of a structure of the moisture- absorbing fabric method. There may be different regions of the fabric containing different reagents. The different colours in Figure 1 depict potential reagent areas.
- a test device which comprises a fabric material, wherein the fabric comprises either a set of distinct strips combined together in series to form a continuous fabric or one single fabric.
- Each of the distinct strips comprises at least one reagent, preferably only one reagent, whereas the one single fabric comprises more than one reagent provided on the fabric in a predetermined and consecutive order.
- Said fabric material is laminated by two impermeable layers, one of the impermeable layers having at least one opening, preferably a plurality of openings.
- the shape of the openings may be round, triangular, rectangular, square formed or anything alike.
- the size of the openings may vary from perforations of 0.01 mm to more than 2 cm, whereas the size of one single opening may exceed 2 cm.
- the impermeable member is typically made of hydrophobic material. Suitable materials include a non-woven polypropylene material.
- the device may also provide a format comprising at least one sampling opening followed by a passage comprising a series of reagent zones laminated with said impermeable, either transparent or non-transparent, layer which end in at least one non-laminated opening or a transparent lamination layer comprising the test indication region.
- the wiping or absorbing test device may have any form which is able to exploit the principle of the invention e.g. to modify the sample to be tested and inactivate interfering reagents.
- different formats having test indication region on either side of the device, e.g. on the same or opposite side of the sample wiping or absorption area may be possible.
- the invention relates preferably to a one layer fabric e.g. lateral flow test format comprising reagents applied sequentially in different zones. It is evident for those skilled in the art that such lateral flow tests may comprise various designs and technical and methodological approaches.
- the device may also comprise a layer of fabric material which allows the sample to pass through whilst limiting backflow of reagents or sample.
- Said layer is often also called a semi-permeable layer.
- the semipermeable layer may be made of a hydrophobic material.
- a suitable hydrophobic material is a non-woven polypropylene material.
- the sodium periodate-sodium thiosulphate method used in the test tube method was transferred to the fabric by printing each reagent on a separate fabric with the table-top test printing press.
- the aim of the multi-step test is to break the sugar rings in acidic conditions and oxidise the sugar chain with sodium periodate into shorter carbon chains containing a reducing aldehyde group.
- the excess sodium periodate, which interferes with the BCA method, is neutralised with sodium thiosulphate prior to indication and the resulting carbon chains containing an aldehyde group chain reduce the copper and a strongly absorptive complex is formed.
- the fabric used was polyester fabric, which was pretreated with 0.1 M carbonate buffer with a pH of 10.2.
- the BCA reagents were printed on this pretreated fabric in the ratio A+YiB. Other reagents were printed on untreated fabrics.
- lron(ll)sulphate FeSO 4 x 7 HbO
- sodium periodate sodium periodate
- sulphuric acid with a concentration of 0.1 M
- BCA reagents A + V 2 B were printed on separate fabrics. They were laminated into a single structure so that sulphuric acid was first, followed by sodium periodate and finally ferrous sulphate. This was followed by a clean strip of fabric as the reaction area and then the BCA reagents.
- Aldehyde is oxidized and copper reduced. Cu+ forms highly coloured complex with bicinchonic acid. Presumed reaction series on a fabric.
- phase ring structures are opened with a sulphuric acid.
- periodate cleave diols and oxidizes sugars to aldehydes.
- Periodate is neutralized with ferrous sulphate and in the final phase copper is reduced by formed aldehydes followed by the colored complex formation with BCA.
- ferrous sulphide was found to be carried until the indication area and cause a false positive reaction. This was due to the bivalent iron reacting with copper, resulting in iron oxidation and copper reduction; Fe 2+ + Cu 2+ -> Fe 3+ + Cu + . Ferrous sulphate should be present in the correct amount in order to be completely oxidised by sodium periodate and not to cause a zero reaction. While trivalent iron no longer reacts with copper, its being carried to the indication area nevertheless weakens the detection limit since its reddish brown colour may cover the violet colour of the BCA copper complex formed.
- a carbonate buffer zone was introduced to prevent iron from being carried into the indication area.
- the fabric was washed with 0.1 M carbonate buffer, pH 10.2, and dried in an oven at 60 degrees centigrade.
- the carbonate layer was placed after the ferrous sulphate and before the indication area.
- the iron reacts with the carbonate ions and hydroxide ions in the alkaline carbonate layer, forming the compounds shown below (Smith et al., Supra).
- the presented iron compounds precipitate, which stops the movement of the accumulating compound on the fabric.
- the method as disclosed in the present invention typically comprises printing the chemicals side by side on one fabric, or separately on different fabrics, which are further laminated side by side to form a continuous fabric structure. These layers were viable during the development of the test since it was compiled of separate strips of fabric. However, it is envisaged that a continous piece of fabric will be used in roll-to-roll mass production, which will make it difficult in practice to wash parts of the fabric with the carbonate buffer. Therefore, the required amount of the carbonate buffer has to be transferrable by printing. A unimolar carbonate buffer was printed in the indication area. The amount of the carbonate buffer on the fabric in the area where iron is precipitated was increased by increasing the molarity of the carbonate buffer solution eg. saturated solution with a pH of 10.2.
- the amount of chemicals may be furthermore reduced by replacing sodium periodate with orthoperiodic acid H 5 IO 6 (HIO 4 x 2 H2O) (Masuda et al., J. Org. Chem. 1994, 59, 5550-5555).
- orthoperiodic acid is available in solid form and remained stable on the fabric.
- the pKA value of orthoperiodic acid is 1.64; thus it also replaces weak sulphuric acid in breaking sugar rings.
- the ratio of BCA reagents on the fabric was further optimised.
- solutions A and B were mixed together in the proportion of 50:1.
- Significantly higher ratios of 1 :1 (A+B) and 2:1 (A+YzB) were used when printing the reagents on the fabric, in which case the blue colour of the copper interfered with the observation of the violet BCA complex.
- the copper solution was diluted to 1 :10 (1/10 B) with water. Redaction of the amount of copper lowered the detection limit and the colour change of a 0.1 g/l sugar solution could be detected instead of the 0.5 g/l sugar solution used previously.
- the test device for sugar detection at room temperature contained five different regions and five different chemicals and/or reagent liquids printed on these areas.
- sugars are oxidized to aldehydes in this area by the orthoperiodic acid.
- the next area contains the ferrous sulphate which reduces periodate into iodate, simultaneously oxidizing into trivalent ferric.
- Ferrous and ferric ions are precipitated as iron carbonate and iron hydroxides in the following area containing carbonate buffer.
- the last functional layer contains printed pure A solution and B 1 :10 diluted solution of BCA-test printed with a cylinder capable of transferring 24,9 ml/m 2 of ink.
- Violet colour occurs for 300 ⁇ g samples containing 0,5 g/l of sugar, demonstrating an ability to detect an amount of 150 ⁇ g of sugar such as fructose, saccharose, lactose, maltose or dextrin in fluid sample.
- test sensitivity decreases along with the sugar order given above and therefore even smaller sugar concentrations are detectable with the first mentioned sugars.
- Orthoperiodic acid can be replaced by separate acid, for example weak sulphuric acid, and sodium periodate layers.
- acid for example weak sulphuric acid
- sodium periodate layers instead of ferrous sulphate, sodium thiosulphate can also be used for the inactivation of periodate as shown in Figure 2.
- the solution immediately changed colour to violet.
- the colour continued to darken over time, which may be assumed to be due to the slow reduction of copper.
- the colour developing to a visually detectable level took seven minutes with mono- and disaccharides; the development was slow with dextrin and starch.
- One advantage of the present invention and the related test was its processibility with roll-to-roll printing methods. For this reason, all of the chemicals used in the test can be transferred onto fabric by printing methods. Manufacturing the preferred test involves five chemicals being printed on a fabric successively. The fabric stretches during printing, which requires high- precision alignment capacity from the equipment. In addition, many reagents are colourless, which further complicates monitoring the print quality and aligning the different areas. According to the invention, printing is easiest with a press in which the number of print units corresponds to the number of reagents used. In this case the recommended number of print units is five for the preferred test. This kind of equipment makes it possible to print all chemicals onto the fabrics during one run. This reduces the impact of problems associated with aligning different chemical layers and stretching since the stretch would affect all print units identically.
- the test developed under the invention is the first non-enzymatic test for sugar determination that functions at room temperature.
- the method is also capable of determining neutral sugars, which many tests fail to detect.
- Important insights provided by the invention are the chemical modification of the analyte e.g. the chemical modification of sugars with periodic acid, and inactivation of the interfering reagents before the indication step and the use of fabric.
- One embodiment of the invention provides a flexible test based on a moisture- absorbing fabric, which facilitates the precipitation of interfering chemicals on the fabric, thus stopping their further movement on the fabric.
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